Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:30:01 GMT From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-lists@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/178221: Addition to handbook jails chapter: warning about make deinstall Message-ID: <201304291930.r3TJU1LJ023720@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/178221; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-lists@be-well.ilk.org> To: Brandon Thomson <bt@brandonthomson.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/178221: Addition to handbook jails chapter: warning about make deinstall Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:22:57 -0400 Brandon Thomson <bt@brandonthomson.com> writes: > When setting up a machine according to the "Application of Jails" > section of FreeBSD Handbook [1], one runs into a problem where "make > deinstall" inside of a jail does not work as expected. There is a > workaround, which probably should be noted in the chapter. > > Note that this only applies to ports installed in a jail. Ports > installed on the base system do not need the workaround. > > [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/jails-application.html > > Original thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=213757 >>How-To-Repeat: > >>Fix: > The workaround is to use "make deinstall PREFIX=/s/usr-local", where > /s/usr-local is whatever make spits out when you type make > deinstall. If you followed the handbook instructions exactly it will > be /s/usr-local. Maybe it's just that I don't work with jails much, but I'm not following the issue. If you're actually running *inside* the jail, you shouldn't see that prefix. Where you need to run the command that way is if you're using the parent system to update the port that the jail runs. But then your "make install" process is not actually *in* the jail at all.
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